Brad Dowdy @penaddict.com Blogger // Podcaster // Maker
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social Ex-liontamer, writer/editor/strategist.
I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles.
I also host sometimes at Kottke.org.
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Sarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social Senior writer, Intelligencer/New York Magazine. Bible Bonkers professional
Laura K Field @lkatfield.bsky.social Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in DC. Author of Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic.
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Also with American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW.
Leaving Eden Podcast @leavingedenpodcast.bsky.social A podcast about christian fundamentalism and cults and deconstruction, told by cult survivor @HellYeahSadie.bsky.social Co-Hosted by @gavihacohen.bsky.social
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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social Asst. Prof @Louisville Law (torts, writing, religion, employment)
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Brother of St. Andrew
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Patrick Walls @patrickw.bsky.social I do tech support but post about politics | US Senate, Sojourners alum | Opinions are my own
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Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social Senior AI reporter at The Verge.
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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social journalist and writer. author of BEYOND MEASURE, a history of measurement; a New Yorker, Economist, Times book of the year. former senior editor at The Verge. buy my book here: https://linktr.ee/BeyondMeasureBook. website: jamesvincent.info
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. New album "AMAB/ACAB" out 9/19/25 on Get Better Records. $5 ft. Eve 6 out now on your fav surveillance capitalist streaming platform she/her/they/them
Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social Award-winning journalist at Futurism covering AI and its impacts on industries, media/information, and people. Send tips by email to: maggie@futurism.com or Signal: mhd.39
Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
Michelle Boorstein @michelleboorstein.bsky.social curious religion reporter. cockapoo-obsessed. I have questions.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social Queer, Feminist, Organizer, Writer, Mom.
Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone about Winning, Random House, March 2025. Order it today: https://www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/books
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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social Studies rhetoric & writing, autobiography, feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | Currently writing a book about Rachel Held Evans
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social Author of MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. A finalist for the National Book Award.
DC correspondent at Puck.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social Status Quo Politics is holding us back. Who will call for a big fight, and big change? The status quo cannot hold.
We must strip SCOTUS to the studs and rebuild it.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social Research on the right-wing and religion.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
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Payton Croskey @paytoncroskey.bsky.social ◇Tech justice scholar
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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social FrameLab is a newsletter about political language and the ideological structures that shape perception. We deconstruct propaganda to help you defend democracy.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social Hoosier, Political Analyst, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, author The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, adviser The Change Campaign / American Institute For Change
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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
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Past Due Podcast @pastduepodcast.com Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle explore what it takes to survive as a creative today. From juggling side gigs to redefining success, we dive into the real stories behind making a living when one job just isn’t enough. pastduepodcast.com
Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social human @theintercept.com | co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast
Brooklyn, NY | https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/
https://akelalacy.substack.com/
https://www.instagram.com/akela_lacy/
John O'Nolan @johnonolan.bsky.social Founder/CEO at @Ghost.org - Geographically restless.
Mostly posting about publishing, media, open source, JavaScript, Laravel, bootstrapping, SaaS, activitypub, and design. 
Faith to Faithless @faith2faithless.bsky.social Faith to Faithless is a Humanists UK programme dedicated to supporting people leaving high-control religious groups.
Struggling? Ring our helpline: 0800 448 0748
For info about the programme visit faithtofaithless.com
Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social Marine Former Soldier OEF Veteran MA Biblical Theological Studies BA Religion and Philosophy BA History
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XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social #ADHD patient advocate, #woodworker, #reseller, & thrifting expert. Former conservative #Evangelical complementarian, abuse survivor, & not Kate Mulgrew. Married ~20yrs, mother of queer kids, she/her
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Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net Bible college dropout. Amateur woodworker. Always fighting for trans people to get a fair shake. Director of Communications @hrc.org. Opinions mine. 🏳️⚧️
Will (Faithful Politics) @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social Political Co-host of Faithful Politics Podcast. Marvel fan, exudes major Beta Energy.
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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social Now: Making Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor for Protocol; reporter for Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
Adam Wren @adamwren.bsky.social Midwestern Writer @Politico.com
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Brian Mackey @brianmackey.com Host of the @21st.show, the statewide NPR talk show and podcast for Illinois.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms)
sam@404media.co (everything else)
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social On your bookshelf: THE SCOTTISH BOY, REVERSAL, PARASOCIAL, BAD KARMA. On your TV: BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS, SCAVENGERS REIGN. Lit: Paula Weiman at Ash Literary. Film/TV: Sean Berard @ Untitled. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/themagpie . She/her/Mother
In Bed with the Right @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social A podcast about how conservatives see sex and gender, and how they keep fucking things up for the rest of us. Hosted by Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan. 
Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools. Dirt Road Democrat.
Allison Raine Chapman @alli.gay 🏳️⚧️ the sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead
🎓 JD candidate, social justice scholar @law.rutgers.edu
allisonchapman.lgbt
bylines: @slate.com & @assignedmedia.org
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz Professor, researcher, author.
Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), synth lover, fan of many things, gay lady.
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM.
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Chine McDonald @chinemcdonald.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, author, on faith, race, motherhood, and gender. Director of the Westminster-based religion and society think tank Theos.
Vice chair Greenbelt festival, trustee Christian Aid, Canon Theologian at Chester Cathedral
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net David M. Wood (DMW)
Surveillance / Security / Cities / Technology / Human Rights / Environment
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Personal account.
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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
@fsgbooks
https://www.unpopularfront.news/
Dave Bazan @davebazan.bsky.social Pedro the Lion / Headphones / Overseas
https://davidbazan.substack.com/
keep dreaming
Faithful America @faithfulamerica.bsky.social Hundreds of thousands of Christians acting for love and social justice, challenging Christian nationalism's hijacking of Jesus's name.
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
N.J. McConnachie @diabolicflame93.bsky.social He / they Pronouns. I'm over on Substack as "Freedom From Fundamentalism."
Spark @sprk.so The shortform social app with AT Protocol at its core.
Now in open beta: sprk.so
Built with love in Brooklyn, New York.
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Secular Dems of Pennsylvania @paseculardems.bsky.social Keep religion out of politics.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
The Baffler @thebaffler.com Political and cultural criticism. Since 1988. Online and in print. https://thebaffler.com/
American Humanist Association @americanhumanist.bsky.social A voice for the nontheist. A problem for the religious right.
For more humanism 👇
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Dave Winer @scripting.com OG blogger, podcaster, outliners, CMSes, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.
Christian Rincon @christianrincon.com human designer + illustrator • activism, data viz, merch • nj ➡️ dc ➡️ sea
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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social PhD of late antique Mediterranean religion | YouTuber @ Religion For Breakfast
Kate Glenn @findingtangle.bsky.social Exvangelical, Politics/International Relations, National Parks, SAHM, Secular Homeschool, Swiftie/Sussex Squad/Team Grimmie, Florence+The Machine, MA Church History
“Thus I, who set out to find my Ideal, came back rejoicing that I had lost my Shadow.”
Ben Brode @benbrode.bsky.social Chief Development Officer and Co-Founder @ Second Dinner
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Burke Gerstenschlager @bleaktheology.bsky.social Finishing “Tears in Their Eyes: Joy Division as Theological Lamentation”. Former academic book editor. Religion & culture writer. Kierkegaardian. Antifascist. UT Austin Classics BA. YDS MDiv. Lutherpalian. Your post-punk counterweight to joy in Brooklyn.
Guinevere Renee @guinevererenee.bsky.social Celiac, Exvangelical, Mom of 2, 🇺🇲 expat Dem abroad in 🇩🇪. Further left than you would guess.
Rachel Wagner @drrachelwagner.bsky.social Author, Cowboy Apocalypse (2025) & Godwired (2012). Prof of Religious Studies @ Ithaca College, mom & caregiver, disgruntled idealist, loud introvert. Religion, gaming, politics, media, film.
thoughtsandprayers.earth
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social Podcast host & writer. US & UK politics, philosophy, religion, & the odd food pics.
Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social Comics artist at DC, Image, Marvel, Dark Horse, Oni. Metamorpho, Backflash, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, Superior Foes, Whiteout, Underground, One-Star Squadron & more. https://linktr.ee/stevelieber
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The Fantastic Four / Flash / Squirrel Girl guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?
Look... I'm a lot of guys
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Cait West @caitwest.bsky.social Former stay-at-home daughter and author of RIFT: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy | caitwest.com | she/her
Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue A photo viewing client for u from the creator of @skeetsapp.com & @bluescreen.blue
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social Creating better Christian conversations since 1896. We produce an award-winning magazine, podcast, website, & more.
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Substack: https://publicwitness.wordandway.org
David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. Author of the forthcoming HOW RUSSIA WON and the OUR LAND newsletter. Go to davidcorn.com. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel
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